Episode 6 – Open Enrollment / short term health plans

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EPISODE 06

In Episode 06 we start our Open Enrollment series for the ACA, Obamacare, or Individual Marketplaces Exchanges – whatever you label it, it’s time for those of you buying your own insurance to select your plan for 2019.

We talk a bit about the short-term health coverage which was originally 364 days under Obamacare, but was shortened to three months and signed into law just before he left office in 2016. This caused much consternation when President Trump put it back to a year. Short-term plans are not meant to be permanent.

Given we work with many patients dealing with chronic and life-threatening illnesses, we are not an advocate for these plans for the populations we deal with, however, we believe it best to give an honest look at why they exist.

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